Cystoviridae: Supporting Information

Citation

A summary of this ICTV online (10th) report chapter has been published as an ICTV Virus Taxonomy Profile article in the Journal of General Virology, and should be cited when referencing this online chapter as follows:

Physicochemical and physical properties

The molecular mass of Pseudomonas phage phi6 virion is 99 ×106 and the nucleocapsid is 40 ×106. Virion S20,w is about 405S. The buoyant density of the virion is 1.27 g cm−3 in CsCl, 1.22 g cm−3 in Cs2SO4 and 1.24 g cm−3 in sucrose. Virions are sensitive to detergents, ether and chloroform but stable between pH 6.0 and 9.5.